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Home My WebLink About1975-11-24MINUTES Council Chamber, Civic Center Huntington Beach, California Monday, November 24, 1975 Mayor Gibbs called the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:00 P.M. (Room B-81 ROLL CALL Present: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs Absent: None RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED At the request of Councilman Duke, Resolution No. 4163 was withdrawn from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. On motion by Bartlett, Council directed the City Clerk to read Resolution Nos. 4159 and 4162 by title; waived further reading and adopted same by the following roll call vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Dunce, Gibbs NOES: None ABSENT: None RES NO 4159 - ADOPTED - ESTABLISHES FEE PROCEDURE - BEACH OVERNIGHT CAMPING FACILITY "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING FEE PROCEDURE AND FEES REGARDING BEACH OVERNIGHT CAMPING FACILITY AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 3653." % RES NO 4162 - ADOPTED - AUTH EXECUTION OF AGRMT - MUTUAL AUTOMATIC AID & FIRE PROTECTION "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH APPROVING AND AUTHOR- IZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE REGARDING MUTUAL AUTOMATIC AID AND FIRE PROTECTION IN THE SUNSET BEACH AND,,WESTERN HUNTINGTON HARBOUR AREA." RESOLUTION NO 4163 - ADOPTED - SUPPORTS DESIGNATING SCAG AS AREAWIDE PLANNING AGENCY The City Clerk presented Resolution No. 4163 which had been removed from the consent calendar for separate discussion - "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS AS AN AREAWIDE PLANNING AGENCY FOR 208 WATER QUALITY PLANNING." Councilman Duke questioned whether alternatives to SCAG.had been considered. On motion by Matney, Council waived further reading of Resolution No. 4163 by the following vote; AXES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs NOES: None ABSENT: None 5 Page #2 - Council Minutes - 11/24/75 On motion by Wieder, Council adopted Resolution No. 4153 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Shipley, Gibbs NOES: Matney, Duke ABSENT: None VILLAGE VIEW SCHOOL CROSSING - RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED The City Administrator presented a transmittal to the City Council regarding walkway between Sisson and Meadowlark. on motion by Matney, Council approved the following recommendations: (a) Closure of the walkway gate during non -school hours should be deferred until other action was tried. Diane Kirkendall stated that the people in the area would object to the closure. The Police Department indicated the closure would not work and the gates would be an object of vandalism. (b) The existing lighting would be increased from two 2,500 lumen lights to three 7,000 lumen lights. The cost of this is $125 initial cost for the additional lumenaire plus an increase in the monthly cost from $9.58 to $16.56. (c) A tree on.adjacent private property would be trimmed at the walkway right-of-way to decrease the dark areas. The owners would be notified prior to any commence- ment of work. (d) Red curb would be used to prevent parking of vehicles adjacent to the marked crosswalk or the walkway. (e) The Police Department will increase surveillance of the walkway. (f) The Traffic Engineering Division will continue to monitor the traffic to determine if pedestrian and vehicular volumes met the warrants for a crossing guard. Existing conditions reach only one-third of needed warrants. (g) Diane Kirkendall requested permission to address the City Council at the meeting of: December 8, 1975. The motion was passed by the following vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs NOES: None ABSENT: None JOINT MEETING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION Mayor Gibbs announced that the City Council would now meet with the Planning Commission. Planning Commissioners in attendance were: Joseph Boyle, Prim Shea, Roger Slates, Ruth Finley, Robert Bazil, Brian Parkinson and Edward Kerins. Also in attendance were members of the Economic Advisory Commission and the Downtown Merchants' Guild. DOWNTOWN PLANNING STUDY Mr. Ed Selich, Assistant Planning Director, made a presentation to the City Council and Planning Commission on the Huntington Beach Traffic and Circulation Study for the downtown area. 527 Page #3 - Council Minutes - 11/24/75 Mr. Rick Keilen, representative of VTN, addressed Council regarding the economic analysis report and the problems regarding the downtown area. Considerable discussion was held between Council, the Director and the Assistant Director of Planning. Councilman Duke felt the conceptual plan was not specific enough to be voted upon at this time, so the Mayor asked the City Council and Planning Commissioners to state any objections they had to the conceptual plan at this time. Planning Commissioner Shea questioned whether the time constraints regarding the legislative bill on the Redevelopment Agency would affect the proposed conceputal plan. The Planning Director reported that the bill would not become effective, if adopted, until January of next year allowing over a year for the completion of the planning process. Planning Commissioner Slates, mentioned that tax increment financing may or may not be used for the formation of the redevelopment agency. Councilman Shipley requested that some nice restaurants or something be done with the pier. Councilman Bartlett expressed the need for a post office downtown and hoped the downtown area would be considered by the post office for their relocation. Councilman Coen suggested that a third alternative for the old civic center use be considered being a combination of the two alternatives; to build a high rise and use one of the floors for public purposes and make another floor for recreation purposes. He brought up the need for a transportation corridor and that some coordination with private agencies near Huntington Center for transportation purposes be considered now before the property along the railroad is already developed. He suggested that when a high rise residential ordinance is developed that we get input from people who are going to build under that ordinance; also that the time frame be established. Input from the Coastal Costianission on this ordinance should be requested since they would 'have to approve. Councilman Coen also requested clarification for a more specific definition of VTN's roles and responsibilities. He also hoped the corridor concept wasn't dismantled before we got involved in it as he thought the concept would be a good one. Councilman Matney asked if office professional was included with the general commercial and the Planning Director confirmed that it was. Councilman Matney also stated that he was uncomfortable with the parking left in the formation of some type of a joint parking use of consolidating small lots and putting parking in various locations. The Planning Director stated that the parking would be more clearly defined in the redevelopment plan. A motion was made by Councilman Matney to approve the conceptual plan for the Downtown Redevelopment area, Modified Destination Resort alternative (4.4-2). Councilman Duke requested and was granted permission to abstain from voting on the matter. Discussion was held between Council, the Planning Commission and the Planning Director on the matter. Page #4 Council Minutes - 11/24/75 The motion made by Councilman Matney was passed by the following vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Gibbs NOES: None ABSTAIN: Duce ABSENT: None PU13LIC HEARING TO BE SCHEDULED On motion by Matney, Council directed that a public hearing be set for the December 8, 1975 City Council meeting on community development funding. The motion was passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs NOES: None ABSENT: None ASSESSED VALUE - CITY OWNED LAND Councilwoman Wieder recommended that the Economic Advisory Commission and the Deputy City Administrator bring back to the Planning staff as part of their input on this an appraisal of all the land that the City owns and the assessed valuation of same at its highest and best use. Discussion was held between Council and Mr. William Foster, Economic Advisory Commission member, on the matter. Planning Commissioner Slates informed the Council that the Board of Realtors would. supply the required information to the City in regard to this matter. PROJECT AREA INQUIRY Planning Commissioner Shea inquired when the Project Area Committee would be appointed. Mayor Gibbs stated that the Project Area Committee would be appointed at the December 8, 1975 City Council meeting. tir DISCUSSION - POLICY DIRECTION REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES Considerable discussion was held between the Council and the Planning Commission regarding level of enforcement of city ordinances. I DISCUSSION - HORSE -RELATED USES IN THE CITY Considerable discussion was held between the Council and the Planning Commission regarding the status of an equestrian center in Huntington Central Park. Council asked the Planning Commission to take into consideration the comments made by Council and come back with a recommendation on the matter. EXECUTIVE SESSION CALLED Mayor Gibbs called an Executive Session of the Council for the purpose of discussing personnel matters and/or pending litigation. RECESS Mayor Gibbs called a recess of the Council. 529 Page #P5 - Council Minutes - 11/24/75 RECONVENE The meeting was reconvened by the Mayor. ADJOURNMENT On motion by Shipley, the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach adjourned. The motion was passed by the following vote: AYES: Bartlett, Wieder, Caren, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: r Alicia M. Wentworth City Clerk City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 7�61r�� AIO�- -- Norma Brandel Gibbs Mayor ,k'?O